Here are some suggestions to help improve the quality of life for the differently abled person you care for or care about.

Talk to the person about his or her individual needs according to the challenges he or she is facing. The person may need:

    • Full or part-time carer
    • Ramps and the widening of garden paths, halls and doorways for wheelchair access
    • Installing handlebar grips in bathrooms and toilets
    • Small washing tubs to clean dishes or clothes
    • Low clothesline or portable clothes airing rack
    • Door handles and light switches lowered
    • Curtain pull cords
    • Bar fridge
    • Panic button or other emergency contact system.

Useful gadgets are:

    • Gardening frames to lean or kneel on
    • Pickup extension tools for picking up clothes or rubbish
    • Easy grip utensils.

Involve the disabled person in cheering up his or her environment with:

    • New coat of paint
    • New CD or MP3 player
    • New curtains or blinds
    • New lighting.

A visually impaired person may be affected by humidity, scents, temperature and sounds. However, even the most attractive homes can feel like a gilded cage, so taking a differently abled person for trips to a park, shopping centre or visits to friends and family are important. Internet grocery shopping and other home delivery services such as meals on wheels can be a great help, if appropriate. Staying in touch, be it by phone or email, will let the person know that he or she is loved and that there is somebody on whom to rely for help.

If using bankcards or making electronic bank transfers is impossible or unwise for the differently abled person to do, someone trustworthy may need to have power of attorney to ensure bills are paid, and that there is cash for emergencies or pleasure outings.

If advisable, give the differently abled person a pet. Having something to care for can improve someone’s self-worth, mental well-being and personal responsibility; it can also take one’s mind off one’s own troubles. Guide dogs are more than pets, but also serve as good companions. As cats or dogs can be high maintenance, a goldfish or canary may be a better choice.

In helping to change and improve the lives of others, you help them to see how they can live their own lives with meaning and purpose, regardless of their ability or disability.

 

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